Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Syuejia.
In this pond in Tainan's Hsuehchia, after the current landlord took over, he has not raised fish, and local residents, suffer from dust, and hope he will clear the area as soon as possible.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE USED AS LANDFILL UNDER GUISE OF RECYCLING
2016 October 20, Lin (林燕如) Yen-Ju, 許中熹 [Hsu Chung-Hsi], 陳忠峰 [Chen Chung-Feng], “"再利用"申請回填 農地.魚塭屢見廢棄物 [INDUSTRIAL WASTE USED AS LANDFILL UNDER GUISE OF RECYCLING]”, in Clare Lear, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 21 Oct 20165 more examples
Performing groups, including stilt walkers and musical bands, draw crowds to one of the most elaborate processions in Taiwan, held in Hsuehchia 學甲, Tainan County 台南縣, in honor of the tenth century healer, Wu Pen 吳本. Wu was later immortalized as the Great Emperor Pao Sheng 保生大帝.
1998, The Republic of China 1998 Yearbook, Government Information Office, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 717The "visit to Baijiao" at Tsuchi Temple in Hsuehchia Township is a big annual event. Surrounded by throngs of worshippers, nearly 100 temple troupes prepare to set off on the procession back to the temple.
2007, Wen-Ting (蔡文婷) Tsai, 台灣民俗筆記, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 87Public prosecutors in southern Taiwan's Tainan County detained three executives of the Farmers Association in Hsuehchia township Tuesday on charges of vote-buying in the lead-up to the Jan. 12 legislative elections.
2008 January 8, “Three detained in Tainan County on vote-buying charges”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2022, PoliticsHe recalled that more than 3,000 people in Hsuehchia Township, where his company is located, came out to welcome a trade delegation from Guangdong Province last year, which he described as a “miracle.”
2011 March 5, “Chinese firm signs Tainan milkfish deal”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2015, Taiwan News, page 2Figure 1 (a) Location of the experimental site at Hsuechia, Tainan City, in southwestern Taiwan, and (b) the soil profile dug in the studied site with the lithologic description in Table 1.
2022, Mon-Lin Chou et al., “Identification of the water source and groundwater recharge in a paddy field using stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes”, in Water Supply, volume 22, number 7, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6445
Origin
From Mandarin 學甲 (Xuéjiǎ), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsüeh²-chia³.
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